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Museums page for Ruth Duckworth ((1919 - 2009)), known for Mod ceramics, stone carving, bronze sculpture. Showing 19 museum collections and exhibitions.
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1919 Hamburg, Germany - 2009 Chicago, Illinois. Known for: Mod ceramics, stone carving, bronze sculpture.
"Ruth Duckworth, Sculptor and Muralist, Dies at 90". By WILLIAM GRIMES. Ruth Duckworth, a sculptor whose work in clay and bronze included monumental sculptures and murals, as well as small-scale,... Read full biography
"Ruth Duckworth, Sculptor and Muralist, Dies at 90". By WILLIAM GRIMES. Ruth Duckworth, a sculptor whose work in clay and bronze included monumental sculptures and murals, as well as small-scale, intimate pieces, died last Sunday in Chicago. She was 90. Her death was confirmed by Thea Burger, her... Read full biography
"Ruth Duckworth, Sculptor and Muralist, Dies at 90". By WILLIAM GRIMES. Ruth Duckworth, a sculptor whose work in clay and bronze included monumental sculptures and murals, as well as small-scale, intimate pieces, died last Sunday in Chicago. She was 90. Her death was confirmed by Thea Burger, her agent. Ms. Duckworth followed an idiosyncratic career path, starting as a stone mason in Britain and not turning to ceramics until her 40s, bringing a sculptor's sensibility to it. Intent on doing... Read full biography
"Ruth Duckworth, Sculptor and Muralist, Dies at 90". By WILLIAM GRIMES. Ruth Duckworth, a sculptor whose work in clay and bronze included monumental sculptures and murals, as well as small-scale, intimate pieces, died last Sunday in Chicago. She was 90. Her death was confirmed by Thea Burger, her agent. Ms. Duckworth followed an idiosyncratic career path, starting as a stone mason in Britain and not turning to ceramics until her 40s, bringing a sculptor's sensibility to it. Intent on doing large-scale ceramic work, then out of favor in Britain, she accepted a teaching appointment at the University of Chicago in 1964 and began executing monumental ceramic murals and, later, bronze sculptures. Her stoneware murals, notably Earth, Water and... Read full biography
"Ruth Duckworth, Sculptor and Muralist, Dies at 90". By WILLIAM GRIMES. Ruth Duckworth, a sculptor whose work in clay and bronze included monumental sculptures and murals, as well as small-scale, intimate pieces, died last Sunday in Chicago. She was 90. Her death was confirmed by Thea Burger, her agent. Ms. Duckworth followed an idiosyncratic career path, starting as a stone mason in Britain and not turning to ceramics until her 40s, bringing a sculptor's sensibility to it. Intent on doing large-scale ceramic work, then out of favor in Britain, she accepted a teaching appointment at the University of Chicago in 1964 and began executing monumental ceramic murals and, later, bronze sculptures. Her stoneware murals, notably Earth, Water and Sky (1967-68) and Clouds Over Lake Michigan (1976), incorporated topographical swirls and abstractly rendered... Read full biography
Ruth Duckworth - Artist Info
About Ruth Duckworth: Museums & Collections
Museums & Collections (19)
All MuseumsCharles A Wustum Museum of Fine Arts
The Racine Museum of Art
2519 Northwestern Avenue
Racine, WI 53404Cranbrook Art Museum
39221 Woodward Avenue
Bloomfield Hills, MI 48303-0801Everson Museum Of Art
401 Harrison Street
Community Plaza
Syracuse, NY 13202Los Angeles County Museum of Art
5905 Wilshire Boulevard
Los Angeles, CA 90036Metropolitan Museum of Art
1000 Fifth Avenue
New York City, NY 10028Mills College Art Museum
Mills College
5000 MacArthur Boulevard
Oakland, CA 94613Museum of Arts and Design
2 Columbus Circle
New York City, NY 10019Museum of Contemporary Art-Chicago
220 East Chicago Avenue
Chicago, IL 60611-2604Museum of Fine Arts, Boston (MFA)
465 Huntington Avenue
Boston, MA 02115National Museum of American Art-Smithsonian
8th and G Streets NW
Washington, DC 20004Nora Eccles Harrison Museum of Art (NEHMA), Utah State University
650 N 1100 East
Utah State University
Logan, UT 84322-4020Philadelphia Museum of Art, Library and Archives
Po Box 7646
Philadelphia, PA 19101Saint Louis Art Museum
Forest Park
One Fine Arts Drive
St. Louis, MO 63110Stedelijk Museum
P.O. Box 75082
Amsterdam, NetherlandsThe Speed Art Museum
2035 South 3rd Street
Louisville, KY 40208Union League Club of Chicago
65 W. Jackson Boulevard
Chicago, IL 60604Utah Museum of Fine Arts, University of Utah
Marcia & John Price Museum Building
410 Campus Center Drive
Salt Lake City, UT 84112Victoria and Albert Museum (V&A)
Cromwell Road
South Kensington
London, United Kingdom